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. 2022 Jul 5;25(3):286–292. doi: 10.4103/aca.aca_69_21

Table 3.

Secondary outcomes and other drugs consumption

Variables Overall n=79 SAPB group n=43 ESPB group n=35 P
Rass 3h -4.00 (-5.00 to -4,00) -5.00 (-5.00 to -3,00) -4,00 (-4,00 to -4,00) 0.25
Rass 6h 0.00 (-3.00 to 0.00) -2.00 (-3.50 to 0,00) 0.00 (-0.00 to 0.00) 0.002*
Rass 12 h 0.00 (0.00 to 0.00) 0.00 (0.00 to 0.00) 0.00 (0.00 to 0.00) 0.31
Nausea 24 h 3 (3.80%) 3 (100%) 0 (0%) 0.24
Nausea 48 h 2 (2.53%) 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 0.49
Bowel activity 24 h 23 (29.11%) 11 (47.80%) 12 (52.20%) 0.46
Bowel activity 48 h 32 (40.50%) 15 (46.90%) 17 (53.10%) 0.36
Mv duration (min) 425.00 (330.00-600.00) 495.00 (330.00-700.00) 420.00 (330.00-520.00) 0.12
Vfds (days) 27.00 (26.00-27.00) 26.00 (26.00-27.00) 27.00 (26.00-27.00) 0.14
Icu discharge (days) 1.00 (1.00-1.00) 1.00 (1.00-1.00) 1.00 (1.00-1.00) 0.54
Hospital discharge (days) 6.00 (5.00-7.00) 6.00 (5.00-8.00) 6.50 (6.00-7.00) 0.85
Ketorolac (mg) 0.00 (0.00-30.00) 0.00 (0.00-30.00) 0.00 (0.00-0.00) 0.002*
Metoclopramide (mg) 0.00 (0.00-0.00) 0.00 (0.00-0.00) 0.00 (0.00-0.00) 0.048*
Ondasetron (mg) 0.00 (0.00-1.00) 0.00 (0.00-0.00) 0.00 (0.00-4.00) 0.14

MV duration: Mechanical ventilation duration, time (min) between ICU admission and extubation; VFDS: ventilator free days, one point [for] each day during the measurement period that [patients] are both alive and free of mechanical ventilation in the first 28 days; ICU discharge: time (days) between ICU admission and discharge; Hospital discharge: time (days) between ICU discharge and hospital discharge; RASS: Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale; SAPB: serratus anterior plane block; ESPB: erector spinae plane block; Note: Results are presented as median (range 25-75), mean with 95% confidence interval and percentages, *, significant result